Access to Multiple Habitats Improves Welfare: A Case Study of Two Zoo-Housed Black Bears (Ursus americanus)

Authors: Kelly Bruno, Cassidy Hubbard, Emily Lynch

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: american black bear, animal welfare, carnivore, choice and control, environmental enrichment, zoo

2023

Analytical Validation and Assessment of Baseline Fecal Glucocorticoid Metabolites in Northern Sea Otters (Enhydra lutris kenyoni) in Human Care

Authors: Amy Y. Olsen, Angela Smith, Caroline Hempstead, Shawn E. Larson

Publication/Journal: Animals

Keywords: corticosterone, cortisol, endocrinology, enzyme immunoassay, fecal glucocorticoid metabolites, hormones, marine mammal, stress

2023

Assessing stress physiology within a conservation breeding program for an endangered species

Authors: S. Falconer, M. McAdie, G. Mastromonaco, A. I. Schulte-Hostedde

Publication/Journal: Conservation Physiology

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2023

Behavioural effects of noise on Linnaeus’s two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) in a walk-through enclosure

Authors: Yuri Garcia de Abreu Rezende, Marina Bonde Queiroz, Robert John Young, Angélica da Silva Vasconcellos

Publication/Journal: Animal Welfare

Keywords: acoustic stress, animal welfare, behaviour, captivity, sound pressure, two-toed sloth

2023

Blood biochemistry parameters of Broad snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris subjected to stress conditions, appliying micro-volume techniques

Authors: María Soledad Moleón, Gonzalo Santiago, Samuel Hilevski, Pablo Ariel Siroski

Publication/Journal: Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A: Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Keywords: albumin, broad-snouted-caiman, glucose, stress, total protein

2023

Comparing Predictors and Outcomes of Higher Allostatic Load across Zoo-Housed African Great Apes

Authors: Ashley N Edes, Katie L Edwards, Dawn Zimmerman, Balbine Jourdan, Douglas E Crews, Barbara A Wolfe, Donald L Neiffer, Janine L Brown

Publication/Journal: Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens

Keywords: biomarkers, bonobos, chimpanzees, gorillas, morbidity, mortality, stress

2023

Developmental Programming, Evolution, and Animal Welfare: A Case for Evolutionary Veterinary Science

Authors: Walter Veit, Heather Browning

Publication/Journal: Journal of Applied Animal Welfare Science

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2023

Don’t use it? Don’t lose it! Why active use is not required for stimuli, resources or” enrichments” to have welfare value

Authors: Samuel Decker, J Michelle Lavery, Georgia J Mason

Publication/Journal: Zoo Biology

Keywords: animal welfare, enrichment, zoo

2023

Early life adversities and lifelong health outcomes: A review of the literature on large, social, long-lived nonhuman mammals

Authors: Amanda M. Dettmer, Daniella E. Chusyd

Publication/Journal: Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews

Keywords: aging, early life, environment, Large-bodied mammal, Long-lived mammal, social

2023

Editorial: Occupational stress and joy of animal care professionals in zoos, sanctuaries, farms, shelters, and laboratory animal facilities

Authors: Sally Thompson Iritani, Sabrina Brando, Lynette Arnason Hart

Publication/Journal: Frontiers in Veterinary Science

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2023

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